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Top Stories from Health & Wellness on AlterNet
October 20th, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/
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>From the editors:
Approximately one quarter of Americans do not have adequate health insurance to
cover their medical costs, now the number one cause of family bankruptcy. The
system is long overdue for an overhaul, and both candidates have reform on
their agendas. But their ideas for reform are fundamentally different: Barack
Obama views health care as a right and John McCain views it as a
responsibility. Those philosophies have shaped their health care proposals at
every level, from how they would address the uninsured population to how they
would handle the obesity epidemic.
To help you learn what sets the candidates' health care proposals apart,
AlterNet has created a voter guide, summarizing Obama and McCain's positions on
10 important health issues. Be sure to check it out before you head to the
ballot box.
Thanks for reading,
Heather Gehlert
Managing Editor
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PROGRESSIVE VOTER GUIDE TO HEALTH CARE
AlterNet
Find out how the candidates compare on health insurance,
prescription drugs, obesity, veterans' health and more.
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/102227/
CANCER AT 23: HOW HEALTH INSURANCE FAILED ME
By Carey Purcell, AlterNet
I had a job and health insurance when I got sick, but my
claim was denied. And that was just the beginning.
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/103044/
STATES TAKING PHARMA TO COURT FOR RISKY ANTIPSYCHOTIC-PRESCRIBING SPREE
By Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet
Certain antipsychotics are leaving legions of children and
elderly in chemical straightjackets for treatment of
conditions they didn't even have.
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/103543/
INCOME AND EDUCATION ARE BIGGER DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH THAN INSURANCE, REPORT
SHOWS
By Maggie Mahar, Health Beat
A new report reveals the degree to which a child's health is
determined by the hand he or she draws at birth.
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/103819/
IS CHINESE PULSE DIAGNOSIS THE KEY TO PREVENTIVE MEDICINE?
By Carol Greenhouse, Ode
An ancient practice can identify many illnesses long before
Western medicine turns up the problem.
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/103811/
MEDICAL NEGLECT IS THE NORM IN WOMEN'S PRISONS
By Betty Brink, Ms. Magazine
Women inmates die and suffer from medical neglect in a
prison system that is much more of a threat to them than
they are to anyone else.
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/103136/
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AlterNet Blogs:
NEW QUESTIONS ARISE OVER MCCAIN'S HEALTH
By Nico Pitney, Huffington Post
Urge McCain to offer full public disclosure about his health
records.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/election08/103743/
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